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Itah Sadu, co-owner of A Different Booklist, sees continued vitality despite a neighbourhood’s ongoing change

“Maybe we were crazy to buy a bookstore when bookstores were clearly going out of the marketplace,” says Itah Sadu, co-owner of Toronto’s A Different Booklist. Sadu and her partner, Miguel San Vicente, took over ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Publishers report a rise in European demand for Canadian titles

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Canadian publishers are hoping European appetite for this country’s domestically published titles remains strong as they prepare to hit the London Book Fair in March and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April. Canadian titles ... Read More »

February 4, 2019

Diversity in crime writing: five Canadian titles to add to your to-be-read pile

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Crime writer Sam Wiebe believes Canadian crime-writing needs more diverse voices. These five titles chosen by Wiebe are a great place to start. Montreal Noir (Akashic Press) Edited by Jacques Filippi and John McFetridge As ... Read More »

December 19, 2018

Diversity in crime writing: Sam Wiebe urges his genre to reckon with inclusion

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Genre is a dirty word in Canadian fiction. Festivals and conferences don’t know what to do with us; though often included on the basis of popularity, our work is rarely treated as being capable of ... Read More »

December 19, 2018

Harold R. Johnson on mixing memoir, fantasy, and non-fiction to engage in conversation with a deceased brother

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My older brother Clifford wanted to be a scientist. He never got the chance: on a road just outside Prince Arthur, Saskatchewan, he was killed by a drunk driver. In Aboriginal culture, it is common ... Read More »

December 6, 2018

Books of the Year 2018: Kidlit aficionados pick their top titles

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Picture books They Say Blue Jillian Tamaki Groundwood Books From the frameable book cover to colour-coded end pages, They Say Blue stands out. Caldecott Honor winner Jillian Tamaki explores a child’s view of the world through ... Read More »

December 3, 2018

Books of the Year 2018: Critics’ corner

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French Exit Patrick DeWitt House of Anansi Press It’s hard to imagine a contemporary author more equipped to skewer high society than Patrick DeWitt. His exemplary wordplay, sly social commentary, dark humour, and skill with ... Read More »

November 29, 2018

Books of the Year 2018: Writers’ and booksellers’ choices

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Miriam Toews’s Women Talking (Knopf Canada), Rawi Hage’s Beirut Hellfire Society (Knopf Canada), Paige Cooper’s Zolitude (Biblioasis), and Larry Mathews’s An Exile’s Perfect Letter (Breakwater Books). These are the books I have devoured while on ... Read More »

November 26, 2018

Books of the Year 2018: Covers of the Year

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Queen Solomon Tamara Faith Berger Coach House Books Designed by Ingrid Paulson The inspired partnership between novelist Tamara Faith Berger – one of the most boundary-pushing writers currently published by an established Canadian house – ... Read More »

November 26, 2018

Books of the Year 2018: Q&Q editors’ picks

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Theory Dionne Brand Knopf Canada The Blue Clerk Dionne Brand McClelland & Stewart Numerous authors in 2018 experimented with form and genre in their work (Tanya Tagaq, Rachel Cusk, Sheila Heti, Kathy Page), but only ... Read More »

November 26, 2018

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Itah Sadu, co-owner of A Different Booklist, sees continued vitality despite a neighbourhood’s ongoing change

Publishers report a rise in European demand for Canadian titles

Diversity in crime writing: five Canadian titles to add to your to-be-read pile

Diversity in crime writing: Sam Wiebe urges his genre to reckon with inclusion

Harold R. Johnson on mixing memoir, fantasy, and non-fiction to engage in conversation with a deceased brother

Books of the Year 2018: Kidlit aficionados pick their top titles

Books of the Year 2018: Critics’ corner

Books of the Year 2018: Writers’ and booksellers’ choices

Books of the Year 2018: Covers of the Year

Books of the Year 2018: Q&Q editors’ picks

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